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As someone who was attending UNT when we went into the season ranked No. 1 in I-AA under the late great Corky Nelson, I think you overestimate the joys of life in college football's second tier. Let's say we drop a level, hire Jerry Moore and have the same juggernaut run that his App State team did -- three national titles, Michigan upset and all the rest. What did App State do after 13 years of FCS greatness? They moved up. Even with that incredible fan support in Boone, they said goodbye FCS hello Sun Belt. Would anyone there go back down even with today's madness?

My guess would be zero. Being an FBS head coach is worth more than any OC job he could get after going 5-7 in one season at UNT. When we go undefeated next season he will be running out to his mailbox each day to see what Power 4/3/2 schools are contacting him.

I don't understand why NIL collectives aren't putting athletes in billboards and other ads. It would make the process look less like a farce if they found companies and products willing to be promoted as part of the NIL deals they are putting together.

I like the sound of that.

Hope he gets to play as much for the Raiders as he did in 2020-21 for the Chargers. Six years in the NFL is impressive for an undrafted free agent. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GuytJa01.htm

My Denton is so old I was around when Sigma Alpha Mu became Delta Lodge. Fry Street Fair just returned after 17 years under new management. https://www.ntdaily.com/news/new-fry-street-fair-to-return-this-weekend-after-long-hiatus/article_dda99a8e-0423-11ef-9529-7b950b95b3b7.html Anyone go?

Too warlike. Try this instead. EPP 'EM!

I am glad the athletes are making money but there has to be a better way to do it. The current NIL and transfer portal are bonkers. They're taking a jackhammer to the foundation of the sport.

Yes. You must take at least 12 credit hours a semester and pass 9 credit hours with a 1.8 GPA (year 2), 1.9 GPA (year 3) or 2.0 GPA (year 4-5). Or someone who looks like you and can fake your signature must meet those requirements.

Athletes are the only college students who had to overcome a presumption that it's wrong for them to make money while in school. Everyone else -- like the dot-com types -- didn't have the NCAA blocking them from income. When I was in college in the 1980s, Michael Dell was running a computer business out of his dorm room at UT-Austin. He made $200,000 profit his first year. I don't think it's insane for college athletes to want some of that sweet green cheese. A lot of them won't make the NFL or will only be there for a short time on cheap rookie deals. When the money truck arrived on campus of course everybody got in line.

How does this topic make someone barf? It's one of the only things about the NIL that isn't bad for fans!

I heard this during the NFL Draft over the weekend: Only 58 underclassmen declared for this year's draft, the lowest since 2011. https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2024/1/19/24044307/2024-nfl-draft-fewest-underclassmen-declare-in-over-a-decade This is way down from a peak of 130 in 2021. The chance to earn serious NIL money in college is keeping more athletes from shortening their college careers. One pundit said this trend meant there were a lot fewer NFL-ready players available during the final day of the draft. I don't know if that's true since the team here in Jacksonville has a long tradition of avoiding NFL-ready players.

Encouraged by head coach Trent Dilfer, the entire University of Alabama at Birmingham football team has joined Athletes.org, one of several players associations attempting to organize players ahead of the anticipated future where they can collectively bargain for a slice of the sport's revenue. "I wanted to make sure I helped pour gasoline on something that is going to happen no matter what," said Dilfer, who was paid zero dollars and zero cents playing for the Fresno State Bulldogs from 1990-93. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40024327/uab-becomes-1st-d-football-team-join-players-association

We need to put player names on the front and back of uniforms so they know what to call each other.

If that was in Latin it could be SMU's motto.

The Florida attorney general has sued the ACC, saying the conference's media rights contracts and ESPN agreements must be made public under the laws of the state. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/2024/04/25/fsu-gains-support-from-florida-ag-in-battle-with-acc-ag-files-lawsuit/73450812007/ I look forward to hearing from @SMU2006 how this makes it even more certain the ACC will prevail.

I know the ACC means a lot to you since your school has been a member for so long, but that judge sending the case to mediation has nothing to do with the merits of the suit. It is his normal practice. “I send every case to mediation except mortgage foreclosures. This is not being done any differently.” -- Judge John C. Cooper https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/22/judge-orders-florida-state-and-the-atlantic-coast-conference-to-mediation-in-latest-legal-round/

This sounds like a marriage counseling session that went off the rails. Nobody needs to be reminded when the season starts that they declared their intention to quit supporting the school during the offseason. Everybody knows supporting UNT is like herpes. You think it's finally gone and it flares up again.

If Mean Green fans grousing could kill your vibe, how did it survive on GMG for 21 years?

The girls all get prettier at closing time.

What I don't understand: How do we know our NIL is underfunded compared to our conference mates and other peers when the financials don't have to be publicly reported?

Now just hold on a minute. She's clearly a "they don't make quarterbacks like Derek Football anymore" kind of person.

I don't see anybody in the AAC with brand recognition far above the rest, aside from Navy but they are a special case. Before the NIL UNT was doing well in our conferences in terms of financial and facility support. Whether that's true with our collectives is an open question.

We can hold them accountable based on how their peers at the same level of the sport are doing. Almost everybody is facing the same problem of the here-today gone-tomorrow roster.

I am fine with players making money and playing where they want to play, but I have to admit the current Wild West era of the NIL and transfer portals is making the product less enjoyable. I miss having a good chance of following an athlete for their entire college career. It would be nice to have some incentives for players to stay put.